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Show , j Soapsuds and Morality. j ,ii ' As "ernal sprini' comes on apace k ' . there arise thoughts of the annual or BBBBBBB- - BBBBBBBBBB! , , . 1 1 ,i h -Ca 2pmMMipisrSiim, n. ijtiimi rim i irmrasss semiannual houscclcanlng time, when tho good housewife subjects the masculine mas-culine members of the family to all sorts of temporary lnconvenlcnccs,but in tho end makes their place of habitation habit-ation clean, sweet and wholesome. And this suggests the possible relations rela-tions between physically clean houses and morally clean lives. In the minds of some phllosopheis physical and moral cleanliness grow on the same stein, and to them a scrubbing brush is not a mere scrubbing scrub-bing brush, but bristles with ethical possibilities and wipes out moral as well as physical stains, while soapsuds Is not merely a combination of water, lye and grease, but a solution replete with morally regenerative properties. proper-ties. Kvcry housekeeper knows the spiritual spirit-ual exaltation that follows the spring cleaning, and It is said that a woman is never so capable of heroism as when she Is conscious that her pantry shelvesarcspccklessand the curtains fresh from the wash. To such a housekeeper there is no "skeleton In the closet" so much to bo dreaded as the shameful visitants dust and dirt, and she would fear no ghostly presence pre-sence provided the closet offered nothing noth-ing in the way of disorder to catch a phantom eye. To tho true apostle of cleanliness it Is quite Impossible that a man could plan a crime ln a perfectly clean apartment, apart-ment, and ho would Unci it dillicult to believe that a black He could be uttered utter-ed amid spotless surroundings. Hut this is perhaps carrying tho thing a too far, as everybody knows that there are vices in high society which have little to do with soap and upon which scrubbing brushes would have little clfect. However, It cannot be doubted doubt-ed that there is moral virtue In soapsuds soap-suds and that scrubbing brushes, mops and feather dusters have a great ethical ethi-cal signlllcancc as well as a material one. Let us, therefore, welcome with satisfaction the spring houscclcanlng tlmo as a physical and moral regenerator regenera-tor even If we aro obliged to eat our meals for a day or two from the top of a Hour barrel. |
